A FIELD GUIDE TO THE MARINE FISHES OF WALES AND ADJACENT WATERS. By Paul Kay and Frances Dipper.

2009 1st edition. 8vo paperback (170 x 240mm). Pp256. Colour photographs throughout, b/w illustrations, maps. Foreword by Iolo Williams.

"The varied coastline of Wales, swept by the cool temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea supports a wide variety of different marine fish. Its proximity to warmer southern waters provides the opportunity for other fish to stray northwards." This is a "comprehensive identification guide to all the marine fish you might see as a diver, snorkeler, angler, fisherman, rock pooler or even beachcomber." All the photographs in the book show live, naturally coloured fish, underwater in their day to day surroundings. Each of the species is well-illustrated and discussed at some length, whilst its names are given in Latin, English and Welsh. A fine book, of great use anywhere in the British Isles.